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Pro dancer who 'danced through pain' with Samantha Mumba after road accident awarded €23,500 damages
A star professional dancer, who “danced through pain” with Samantha Mumba in Dubai following a neck and shoulder injury in a road accident, has been awarded €23,500 damages against the MIBI and an uninsured driver. → Read More
Judge throws out claim and tells farm worker rear-ending accident he was involved in was staged
A judge has told a 37-year-old Co Dublin fruit farm supervisor that he considered a rear-ending accident in which he was involved had been staged. → Read More
Catering assistant who slipped on footpath awarded €26,000 damages against Dublin home owner
A 46-year-old catering assistant who slipped on a wet, slimy footpath has been awarded just over €26,000 damages against a Dublin home owner and an estate management company. → Read More
Dublin Airport sales assistant awarded €40,000 damages after slip on greasy floor
A sales assistant at The Loop in Dublin Airport, who slipped on a greasy floor and landed heavily on her left side, has been awarded just over €40,000 damages against Dublin Airport Authority and a support services company. → Read More
Schoolgirl who lost two front teeth in footpath fall is awarded €20,000
Judge James McCourt has approved a €20,000 settlement offer to schoolgirl who lost her two front upper teeth when she tripped on a defective footpath. → Read More
€32,500 for child whose forehead was lacerated in créche fall
A judge has approved a €32,500 settlement offer to a seven-year-old child whose forehead was lacerated in a fall in a Dublin crèche. → Read More
Murderer sues motorist over road crash before he was imprisoned
A Dublin man, who is serving a life sentence for murder, is to ask the Circuit Civil Court to be allowed to give evidence by video link from prison in a personal injuries claim he is pursuing. → Read More
Psychologist’s personal injury case against Trinity College dismissed after she ‘over-egged her pudding’
A psychologist had exaggerated her personal injuries claim to such an extent that the Circuit Civil Court had no alternative but to dismiss her €60,000 damages claim against Trinity College Dublin (TCD), a judge has ruled. → Read More
Ryanair worker settles €60k case against airline after incident where plane bumped back into air on landing
A cabin crew member on a Ryanair flight that bumped back into the air on landing has settled a €60,000 damages claim against the airline for an undisclosed sum. → Read More
Owners of Bald Eagle pub ordered to pay €15,000 to customer accused of doing cocaine in toilet
The owners of a well known pub in Dublin have been hit with a €15,000 damages award as a result of their manager having told a customer he had been using cocaine in the toilet. → Read More
Dublin rapper in five bike crashes receives just €1,900 of max €120,000 in attempted claims
A professional rapper, who has had five crashes on her bicycle while cycling in Dublin, on Wednesday received minimal personal injury damages of €1,900 in two claims for up to €120,000 against motorists. → Read More
Taxi driver has made ‘quite a career’ out of personal injury claims, judge says as he throws out his latest case
A taxi driver, who had obtained almost €100,000 in damages from previous accidents, seemed to be making quite a career out of personal injury claims, a judge said as he dismissed the man’s latest claim. → Read More
Hair salon owner ordered to pay €30,000 after woman left with ‘blowtorch-like’ injuries from botched perm
The owner of a hair and beauty salon which left a Dublin woman with “blowtorch-like” wounds to her head and neck has been ordered to pay the woman €30,000 plus costs. → Read More
Worker who injured her back at play centre awarded €58,000
A young mother who told a court she was angry about a workplace injury that still pains her three years later, has been awarded €58,000 damages against her former employer. → Read More
Judge throws out fitness instructor’s €60k fall claim after seeing ‘extreme physical activity’ snaps on Instagram
A 33-year-old fitness instructor, who claimed she injured her back in a fall down steps in a shopping centre, posted on-line pictures of herself engaged in extreme physical activities following the incident, a judge heard today. → Read More
'I am not satisfied he was injured'
A €60,000 personal injuries claim by a Dublin taxi driver has been dismissed after Judge Sarah Berkeley in the Circuit Civil Court told him she was not satisfied he had made full disclosure about his medical history. → Read More
Woman who claims she was knocked over by child ‘running amok’ in Lidl loses €60,000 claim
A woman who claimed she was knocked over by a child “running amok” in a Lidl store has lost her €60,000 personal injuries claim against the supermarket. → Read More
Woman’s ‘opportunistic’ €60,000 personal injuries claim thrown out
A 51-year-old Malahide, Co Dublin, woman, whose €60,000 personal injuries claim has been thrown out in the Circuit Civil Court, was described as “opportunistic” by the judge. → Read More
Finglas was like a war zone on night Dublin Bus driver was injured by rock-throwing youths, court told
Finglas was like a war zone on the night a Dublin Bus driver was injured by youths throwing rocks, the Circuit Civil Court has been told. → Read More
Woman who injured her ankle at roller disco 13 years ago gets €27,500
A woman who injured her ankle while at a roller staking Christmas outing when she was an 11-year-old schoolgirl has been awarded damages of €27,500 - 13 years after the accident. → Read More